Container



Aug. 23, 1932. 7 E L, MT1-LE 1,872,771

CONTAINER Filed March 16, 1931 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 TES? CONTAINER "lApplication filed March 16, 1931, Serial No. 522,903, and in` CanadaMarch 13, 1931.

This invention relates to improvements in contain-ers for package soapeither in the form of flakes, granules, powder, or other convenientform, only it is packed in cartons and the objects of the invention areto permit of the carton being inserted within a metallic container fordaily use in kitchens p or for other household use.

The present general practice in kitchens is for the housewife or maid toplace a carton of soap chips, powder, etc., on a shelf adjacent to thesink or on the drain-board of a sink, so that it is convenient when itis necessary to use soap in powder or flake form to take the package andshakethe requisite amount of soap into a basin of water. The cartons arein the trade made of pasteboard or paper and it will be appreciated thata maids or. housewifes hands may be wet with the result that thedeterioration of the carton takes place very rapidly and, moreover, thecarton is invariably placed upon the drip-board just after being usedand becomes wet on the bottom. This moisture is absorbed by the cartonand is imparted to the soap flakes or soap powder in the carton, withthe result that such soap cakes at the bottom of the carton and is notin a condition to be poured, besides which, the carton becomesunsightly. Moreover, when using a carton the top is usually opened,sometimes across the whole extent of the top or it may be that onecorner only of the carton is opened and the carton is thus left exposed,so that the soap, if not 'used fairly quickly, becomes soft, which isdetrimental to the pouring quality of the soap, and besides which, watersplashing adjacent to the carton may enter the carton.

It is with a view to eliminating all these 4o objections that T haveprovided the metallic container within which the carton may be slippedand this container is provided with a pouring spout and an adjacentsliding lid whereby the dispensing of the soap may be controlled and thehousewife or maid is thus enabled to dispense ory pour the requisiteamount of soap necessary. This last pouring operation is difficult toaccomplish with the ordinary carton per-se, because it is necessary toshake the carton to get the soap out with the result that it invariablyhappens too much soap is poured into the basin of water, preparatory topreparing the .suds for washing. v

Another feature of my invention is that the metallic containers may beenamelled or ainted in a color scheme to suit the color scheme of thekitchen or room in which they are being used, and in appearance thecontainer is pleasing and the soap is maintained 601? at all times inthat condition in which`it may be most advantageously used in thehousehold.Y

So that the nature of my invention will be clearly understood, T haveillustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, but I do not wish tobe limited to this construction when in use, but t0 modify the .same inaccordance with my appended claims which are set forth in detail at theend of my specification.

Reference is now made to the dra-wing for a specific application of theembodiment of the invention which T have illustrated, and

Fig. 1 shows a side elevation partly cut away of myl improved container.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several gures.309' Referring to the drawing, 10 represents my improved container whichis preferably made of tin or other suitable metal and this container isapproximately in the form of a parallelopiped, open at the top andprovided on one of the side walls with a pouring spout ll'whichpreferably extends across the whole width of the side wall.

Along the top edges of the container, I provide on the opposite lateralwalls apairA of finger or thumb recesses 13 to facilitate withdrawal ofthe Carton from the container when the carton is empty. On the `lateralwalls,"small depressions 14 are also provided yadjacent to the end wallremote from the pouring spout 11 and these depressionsform asuitablegripping means for the thumb and fingers ofthe user of the carton whendispensing soap. Tn addition the depressions 14 in the side walls of thecontainer positively engage the side walls of the carton holding thesoap, so that the carton is positively held within the container.

It will be understood that the soap carton will be of such a size aswill frictionally engage the inner walls of the container but in theevent of a carton being slightly undersize in width, such carton will bepositively held by the depressions 14.

A slidable lid 12 is provided for the open end of the container. The lid12 is provided with depending flanges along three of its edges, but thatedge which will be adjacent to the spout 11 has no flangeso that the lidmay be slid with ease away from the pouring spout.

This container is used with cartons, containing soap in powder, flake,or granule form, the carton being designated by the symbol A,

In using my container, the housewife or maid takes a carton of soappowder or flakes, etc., and makes a pouring opening either on the top oron the side wall thereof adjacent to the pouring spout 11 and the cartonis inserted within the container 10, in which it is frictionallyretained, as it engages the walls of such container and particularlyengages the recesses 14 in such side walls.

The lid 12 is now closed on the container and the container may beplaced on a shelf or other convenient place suitable for usev at akitchen sink or other place wherever it is to be used.

When using the soap the user proceeds by gripping the container at thedepressions 14 to shake out the desired amount of soap powder necessary.

If the opening is made in the top edge of the side Wall of the carton,the pouring spout 11 may form an adequate measure for the amount of soapbeing dispensed although this is not absolutely necessary.

The carton is thus protected from moisture and in so doing the soapcontained in the carton is also protected.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A metallic container of the class described adapted to hold andfrictionally retain a soap carton therein, open at the top end, andprovided with a. pouring spoilt adjacent one of its end walls, the saidspout extending the width of the container and forming a continuation ofthe top thereof, a lid flanged on three sides and slidably mounted onthe open end of the container, finger and thumb recesses on oppositeedges of the top of the container, and vertical depressions on eitherside of the container to frictionally retain the said soap carton and toform hand gripping means.

2. A metallic container of the class described adapted to hold andfrictionally retain a soap carton therein, open at the top end, andprovided with a pouring spout eX- E. L. LITTLE.

